Definition of Removal

1. Noun. The act of removing. "He had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"


2. Noun. Dismissal from office.
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Dismissal, Dismission, Firing, Liberation, Release, Sack, Sacking
Specialized synonyms: Purge
Derivative terms: Remove

Definition of Removal

1. n. The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

Definition of Removal

1. Noun. The process of moving, or the fact of being removed ¹

2. Noun. The relocation of a business etc ¹

3. Noun. The dismissal of someone from office ¹

4. Noun. (Ireland) a funeral ceremony involving prayers and meeting of the family, usually at the home of the deceased, and normally held on the evening prior to burial. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Removal

1. the act of removing [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Removal

remoulds
remound
remount
remounted
remounting
remounts
removabilities
removability
removable
removable bridge
removable disk
removable partial denture
removableness
removablenesses
removably
removal (current term)
removal company
removal firm
removalist
removalists
removals
remove
removeable
removed
removed(p)
removedly
removedness
remover
removers
removes

Literary usage of Removal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1898)
"(c) REGULATION OF THE POWER OF removal. Syracuse police commissioners removed without notice.—Held, That the legislature may abridge the term of an office ..."

2. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"THE removal OF THE DEPOSITS/ THE charter of the Bank of the United States provided that the public moneys should be deposited in the bank, ..."

3. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"3, inhere any order of removal shall be suspended on account nf the ... On the 19M of November, 1860, an order was obtained for the removal of JO and E. his ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1901)
"removal of Lumbar Glands for Malignant Disease of the Spermatic Cord. ... Operation in the case reported had been done first for the removal of the testicle ..."

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